Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Joint efforts should be made to restore security in the region, particularly in Afghanistan, after the U.S. military withdrawal from the country, a senior Iranian security official said on Tuesday. Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was quoted by the Press TV as …
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Kandahar, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban’s elusive leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada made his debut in the group’s birthplace Kandahar on Saturday and visited a religious school there, head of the school Mawlawi Sayed Ahmad Sayed said Sunday. “The supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada Sahib visited Al-Hakimia Madrasa at 10:30 a.m. …
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Moscow, Russia| Xinhua | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) bears primary responsibility for the current situation in Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at the plenary session of the 18th annual meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi. “While the participation of both China and Russia and other …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The United States will not join talks on Afghanistan hosted by Russia this week, the Department of State said on Monday. “We will not participate in the Moscow talks,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters in a press briefing. “The Troika-plus has been an effective, …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A U.S. delegation will travel to Doha, Qatar, over the weekend to meet with senior Afghan Taliban representatives, the State Department said on Friday. “This meeting is a continuation of the pragmatic engagements with the Taliban on issues of U.S. vital national interest,” a State Department …
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Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Moscow will invite Taliban representatives to take part in international talks on Afghanistan later this month, Russian Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said on Thursday. Taliban representatives will be invited to take part in Moscow-format talks on Afghanistan on Oct. 20, the TASS news …
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Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The acting foreign minister of the newly-formed administration of Afghanistan said Thursday that Afghanistan wants to have friendly relations with the international community, including the neighboring and regional countries. “The Islamic Emirate wants to have friendly relations with the international community and co-exist with all the nations …
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Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The use of drones by the U.S. military against targets in other countries has come under scrutiny again following a deadly strike that it carried out recently in Kabul, Afghanistan, which was alleged to have wrongly killed multiple civilians there, including young children. U.S. Secretary of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is still holding it’s recognition of the Taliban government, with Minister of State for International Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem saying no formation of a new government has been brought to the attention of Kampala. Minister Okello Oryem said when the formation of the government is …
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Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that the possibility of a complete economic collapse in Afghanistan is “serious.” Guterres was in Geneva on Monday to convene a high-level ministerial meeting on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. He highlighted the acute and urgent need for …
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